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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Identification of Small Molecules as Zika Virus Entry Inhibitors.

Abhijeet Roy, Hansam Cho, Kristin V Lyles, Wen Lu, Ming Luo, Asim K Debnath, Lanying Du

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Abhijeet RoyInstitute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1593-037X
Hansam ChoInstitute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
Kristin V LylesDepartment of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0395-673X
Wen LuDepartment of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA.
Ming LuoDepartment of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1766-3487
Asim K DebnathLindsey F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2761-0506
Lanying DuInstitute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.

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Abstract

Zika virus (ZIKV) caused Zika outbreaks and continues to post threats to public health. ZIKV infection may cause congenital abnormalities during pregnancy and neurological manifestations in adults. The recurrent public health threat of Zika in various geographical areas demonstrates a need for the development of effective therapeutics. Currently, there are no approved therapies for Zika. ZIKV is a single-stranded, positive-sense RNA virus, whose genome encodes three structural proteins and seven non-structural proteins. The surface envelope (E) protein is essential for host-cell recognition and viral entry; therefore, inhibition of E-mediated viral entry is a key strategy underlying antiviral treatments. Here, molecular docking-based virtual screening was used to screen small-molecule compound libraries to identify potential ZIKV entry inhibitors. Among the compounds identified, Pyrimidine-Der1 exhibited efficient inhibition of reporter ZIKV infection. The microscale thermophoresis assay confirmed its binding with the ZIKV E protein. This compound has effective inhibition of authentic ZIKV infection in a plaque inhibition assay against R103451, PAN2016, and FLR human strains (IC

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Antiviral AgentsPyrimidinesSmall Molecule LibrariesVirus InternalizationZika VirusZika Virus InfectionAnimalsChlorocebus aethiopsHumansMolecular Docking SimulationVero CellsViral Envelope ProteinsAntiviral AgentsPyrimidinesSmall Molecule LibrariesViral Envelope Proteinsentry inhibitorsenvelope proteinflavivirusessmall molecule inhibitorsviral entryzika virus

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